Metallic clothes hamper



m m M #8 f m a 4 L I BY L KLIVANSKY METALLIC CLOTHES HAMPER Filed Juky 26 1924 June 22 1926.

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Patented J une 22, 1926.

UNITED STATES LOUIS IKLIVANSKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

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METALLIC CLOTHES HAMPEB.

Application filed July 26, 1924. Serial No. v728.322.

My invention relates to hampers such as are commonly used for receiving soiled articles of clothes, etc. and are more usually made oblong in horizontal section so that when placed flatwise against the wall of a bathroom .in which they are often located ing roken away.

they will take up as little room as possible.

My invention consists primarily of a hamper for this particular purpose made of sheet metal such as iron preferably galvanized and enamelled in white, and provided by preference with a hinged cover which can be conveniently swung open and when open will be su ported by the body while the soiled artir es are being deposited therein or removed therefrom, and which cover can be as easily swung inward properly to lit and close the hamper. My invention consists of the special construction of the metallic body of the hamper, of its metallic cover, and of the hinged oint connecting the body. and cover whereby the requisite strength, stiffness and durability is obtained without sacrifice of lightness and convenience in use or economy in manufacture.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I shall first describe in detail the mode in which I atpresent prefer to carry my invention into practice and then point out the various features of the invention in the claims.

Reference is to be had to accompany ng drawings forming part'of this specification in which the same parts are designated bylike numbers in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clothes ham er embodying my invention, parts be- Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the same on the line 3-3, Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlar ed cross-sectional view of the same on the line 4-4, Figure 2 with the hamper cover swung outwardly.

The hamper shown in the drawings is made of the usual oblong form in horizontal section with curved ends for the small stowage purpose, before referred to, but it may be made in strai ht rectan lar or in any other desired horizontal out ine.

The body 5 of the hamper as well as the cover 6 is made of sheet metal, preferably iron or steel galvanized and enamelled, the bottom 7 ofthe ham er being secured to the walls, by any suitab e or approved method employed in-sheet metal work. Thebody 1s provided with suitable handles 8 on'each side near the top for-lifting the hamper and the cover 6 with the usual holes 9 for ventllation and a suitable handle 10 for raising it.

The sheet metal forming the front, side and rear walls of the body 5 is stiffened and I strengthened around its entire upper 'ed e by being rolled externally and complete y around a heavy metallic wire 11.

The cover.6 is composed of an outer metal sheet 12, the outer edge ofwhich' on all sides is bent downward and then inward around the outer edge of horizontal flange 13 bent outward and projecting on all sides from a vertical sheet metal rim 14, the lower edge of which on all sides is folded u or doubled on the inside for stiffening and strengthenmg purposes. On the inside of the top sheet 12 of the cover 6 is placed a stiffening under sheet '15 fitted closely on all sides within the rim 14, and rigidly secured thereto and thus to the to sheet preferably by solder 16 placed in the angle between the. under sheet 15 and the rim 14.

The stiffened rim 14 of the cover'thus formed fits loosely but closely within the top of the body 5, and the lateral flange 13 of the cover stifi'enedby the top sheet 12 as described, rests on the up r stifi'ened edge of the .body 5, so that t e cover 6 when closed will fit the body closely, and yet can be easily and convenientl raised to give access to the interior of t e body..

To provide for swinging the cover 6 upwardly and rearwardly to open it and support it while open, I provide on the rear of the body and cover two hinges 17 of special construction connecting the cover 6 with the body 5. g

Each hinge 17 is formed by cutting away or omitting a short section of the rear wall at its upper edge where it encircles the with the doubled hinge sections 18 looped I10 esaeor around it, wild swing inward. around the wire 11, into the top of the-body to close it; and when the cover is swung outward around the wire 11, the edge of the stiifened flange 18 or the cover will meet and bear against the rear wall of the body as shown in Figure 3, and thus support and step the cover 6 extended from the rear wall in open position.

It is evident that the specific construction of body covers and hinges shown and described may be greatly varied without departing from the boundaries of my invention as defined by the claims.

1 claim as my invention:

1. A hamper of the character described consisting of a sheet metal body with vertical walls, a stiffening wire at the upper peripheral edge of said walls, a cover, a hinge section attached to said cover and looped around the said stiffening Wire, said hinge being so constructed that no part of it projects beyond said stiffening wire exteriorly of the hamperwhen the cover is closed.

2. hamper of the character described consisting of a sheet metal body having vertical walls, a sheet metal cover, a depending sheet metal rim having a peripheral lateral flange to which the cover is secured, and fitting within the body, and a hinge connecting the body and cover so that thecover rim will swing from Within the body until the said flange bears against the outside of said vertical walls, to maintain the cover in position substantially at right angles to the body.

3. A hamper of the character described consists of a sheet metal body having its upper edge bent around a stil'l'ening wire, a sheet metal cover, a depending sheet metal rim having a peripheral lateral flange to which the sheet metal cover is secured and fitting within the body, and a hinge section consisting of a strip of metal looped around said body wire, substantially encircling the latter, and having its ends bent around in U shape and secured to both sides of the rim of the cover.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

LOUIS KLIVANSKY. 

